[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has allowed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to grant an Emergency Use Authorization (USA) to the planned COVID-19 vaccines that will be available in the Philippines. In Executive Order No. 121 signed on December 1 and released Wednesday, Duterte authorized the FDA’s …
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[ad_1] A worker walks past a line of freezers containing the vaccine candidate BNT162b2 for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a Pfizer facility in Puurs, Belgium, in an undated photo. Pfizer | via Reuters The UK became the first country in the world to authorize the Pfizer / BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, …
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[ad_1] If all goes well, the first batch of vaccines could arrive as early as December. PHOTO: REUTERS SINGAPORE – The American biotech company Moderna has asked Singapore authorities to approve the use of its Covid-19 vaccine here. If all goes well, the first batch of vaccines could arrive as …
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[ad_1] Photographer: Kevin Frayer / Getty Images Photographer: Kevin Frayer / Getty Images The Philippines hopes to begin administering coronavirus vaccines starting in the first quarter of next year, pinning its hopes on China and Russia, as their own procurement policies hamper early access efforts. The best scenario is to …
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[ad_1] Rocker and radio host Ramón “RJ” Jacinto, shown in this 2015 photo with Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, is now the president’s telecommunications advisor. FILE PHOTO FOR CONSULTATION MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang announced Wednesday the appointment of radio musician and jockey Ramon Pereyra Jacinto as telecommunications advisor to President …
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[ad_1] (CNN) Inside a gray warehouse at Shenzhen International Airport in southern China, a row of white chambers sits in a cordoned off corner, each equipped with a display showing the custom temperature inside. A security worker in a mask, surgical gown and rubber gloves stands guard. Anyone entering this …
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[ad_1] Detained activist Reina Mae Nasino on Wednesday sued more than 20 police officers and prison officials for torture for their alleged “cruelty” towards her and her son, who died at three months old. Nasino filed criminal and administrative complaints against the heads of the Bureau of Penitentiary and Penitentiary …
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[ad_1] Slow and steady, Ironman Im delivers a high point for Asia in 2020 Sungjae Im possesses a deliberate and methodical backswing that often appears to be in slow motion. The languid action to fully charge for impact is a direct contrast to how the young Korean has so quickly …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The coronavirus pandemic may have disrupted everyday life for Filipinos, but it cannot help but slow down the Christmas spirit for Filipinos. In accordance with public health protocols that are being implemented to stop the spread of the virus, the Philippine Conference of Catholic Bishops (CBCP) …
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[ad_1] The House Justice Committee approved Wednesday a measure seeking the naturalization of the Ivorian center of the Blue Eagles Athenaeum, Angelo Kouame, initiating a process that, hopefully, will allow the talented big man to prepare for Gilas Pilipinas in the window February 2021 FIBA Asia Cup. Qualifiers. Kouame was …
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